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Old 2011-01-30, 04:04   Link #26
theflyingturkey
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Where turkeys can actually fly
Age: 30
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Originally Posted by JamesEdwards
Objection: Only lasers move at the speed of light. Particle beams, on the other hand, is a much muddier science.
because particle beams is really slower than the speed of light, maybe its a matter of nanoseconds...
Which gets back to my original question on how the IS would react against projectiles.

'Eyeballing it' isn't going to work in my opinion.
The only thing I can think of is that it makes preemptive movements based on calculations.

Any explanations from the novels would be much appreciated.
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